John B. Weber

John B. Weber
John B. Weber
Born	September 21, 1842 (1842-09-21) Buffalo, New York
Died	December 18, 1926 (1926-12-19) (aged 84) Lackawanna, New York
Buried at	Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, New York
Allegiance	United States of America Union
Service/branch	Union Army
Years of service	August 7, 1861 - 1864
Rank	Colonel
Unit	44th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment 116th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment 89th Regiment Infantry U.S. Colored Troops
Battles/wars	Battle of Yorktown Battle of Hanover Court House Seven Days Battle Battle of Gaines' Mill Battle of Malvern Hill Battle of Little Round Top Red River Campaign
Other work	Assistant Postmaster of the City of Buffalo 1871-1873 Sheriff of Erie County 1874-1876 United States Congressman for the 33rd Congressional District 1885-1889 Delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1888 First Commissioner of Immigration at the Port of New York 1890-1893 Grade-crossing commissioner of the city of Buffalo 1888-1908 Commissioner General of the Pan-American Exposition 1901 Chairman of the Erie County Home Defense Committee during World War I

John Baptiste Weber (September 21, 1842 – December 18, 1926) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

John Weber was born at his parents' cottage on Oak Street in Buffalo, New York. His parents, Philippe Jacob Weber and Mary Anne Weber (née Young), had emigrated to the United States in 1833 from Leutenheim, Alsace and settled in Buffalo. John was the youngest boy of a family of four children. He started attending Public School #4 at the age of four. His education continued through the Central School of Buffalo when he began to work as an "errand boy".

In 1856, at the age of 14, John Weber joined the New York State Militia. He served in Company F of the 65th regiment as their color guard.

John Weber enlisted in the Civil War as a private in the Forty-fourth Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry on August 7, 1861. By August 30, he had been promoted to the rank of corporal. On January 2, 1862 Corporal Weber was again promoted to the rank of sergeant.

During the Battle of Yorktown, on April 3, 1862, Weber was promoted from sergeant of Company A to sergeant major.

Following Lieutenant Weber's service in the Forty-fourth Regiment, he was promoted to first lieutenant and appointed adjutant by Colonel Chapin. During this time Lieutenant Weber helped with recruiting for the newly formed One Hundred and Sixteenth New York regiment in the summer of 1862.

On September 19, 1863, Weber attained the rank of colonel, two days before his twenty-first birthday, when he accepted command of the Eighty-ninth United States Colored Infantry. He chose the appointment to the colored regiment over the appointment to a Massachusetts regiment. The 89th regiment was organized out of Port Hudson, Louisiana between October 8 and November 9, 1863 being designated the "18th Infantry, Corps d'Afrique". Early in 1864, during the Red River Campaign, Weber had the majority of his men reassigned leaving him only a handful. To rebuild his numbers he was promised replacements from the slaves that were expected to be liberated during the campaign. These replacements were never acquired and Weber learned from a member of General Banks staff that his unit was to be consolidated. Rather than waiting to be discharged, Weber offered his resignation and returned to Buffalo arriving on July 8, 1864. The war ended before he received another command.

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